Welcome
Hi there! Great to have you here, and can’t wait to see you at our next jam!
I currently host an online ukulele jam 1st Saturdays, 1-2:30pm PT, live on Zoom. Fingers crossed for in person jams here in Portland, OR, beginning again in 2023…
Each jam, we play songs out of a common songbook. You can download (and print, if you like) the latest version below. Sometimes, I’ll include extra song charts for a special / themed jam — scroll down for details regarding our jam, and for the “archives” from past jams, as well.
Jams are free and open to all. If you’re able to offer a donation, teaching music is my livelihood, so I am very grateful! Here are some ways you can donate:
- Via credit card or Paypal on my website: donate to the Zoom jam here
- Venmo me @averyhillstudio
- Send me a check, made out to “Avery Hill”, at: Avery Hill, PO Box 40073, Portland OR 97240.
THANK YOU!
Upcoming Jams
In Person Jam – Saturday, November 18, 2023
- 2-3:30pm at Artichoke Music: 2007 SE Powell Blvd, Portland OR
- We’ll open by revisiting our Dia de los Muertos packet of songs:
- Special Pre-Jam Workshop: How To Lead a Song at a Jam. Many of us enjoy participating in jams, but have you ever considered leading a song at a jam? Learning to count folks in, and keeping time so everyone ends together, too, deepens the musical skills you already have and provides such a fulfilling musical challenge for those who love to play with others. Learn more and register here.
- Songbooks provided, but feel free to bring your copy of the songbook (download below). We’ll also open with. our 2023 Dia de los Muertos packet of music:
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Jam Songbook
Our 2023 Songbook is HERE! Download your PDF below:
For those who work from printed pages, here is a Booster pack with newly added songs and a current Table of Contents so you know which songs are included:
Practice Videos
Some songs in our Jam Songbook are tougher than others. For the ones we might need a bit more guidance on, here are some tutorials and practice videos:
- God Bless the Child – “A” Pattern Tutorial
- God Bless the Child – “B” Pattern Tutorial
- God Bless the Child – Play Along
Want to take this tune a step farther! Try fingerpicking…
Jam Archives
Dia de los Muertos Jam – Saturday, November 3, 2023
- Download our SPECIAL SONGBOOK for this jam here:
Pride Jam – June 17, 2023
Download our PRIDE JAM SONGBOOK below:
I’ve made tutorials and practice videos for several of our Pride Jam songs. If I *don’t* have a video for it, I’ve linked to a recording you can play along to, or an original recording for reference. Click on the titles below to access:
- Play along with Androgynous
- Big-Boned Gal: Tutorial & Play Along
- Bulldagger Swagger: Tutorial & Play Along
- Born This Way
- Closer to Fine: Tutorial & Play Along
- Play along with One
- Play along with The Ones Who Aren’t Here
- Play along with Pride
- Prove It On Me Blues: Part 1 & Part 2 & Play Along
- Rock Me: Tutorial & Play Along
- Singing for Our Lives (Optional: with Fingerpicking!)
- The Story: Tutorial & Play Along
- This Little Light of Mine
- Tutti Frutti
- Up Above My Head
December 3, 2022 – Holiday Jam
I made some updates to the 2022 Holiday Jam Songbook here:
For those who print out their songbooks, take note of significant changes to Silent Night (Instrumental) on p. 24, Songbird (new key!) on p. 26 and White Wine in the Sun on pp. 31-32.
Click below for tutorials / practice videos I made for some of the songs we played together:
- Blue Christmas
- The Christians and the Pagans (Dar Williams)
- The Gift (performed by Garth Brooks)
- Light One Candle (Peter Yarrow)
- Ocho Kandelikas (Flory Jagoda)
- Silent Night
- Silent Night – Instrumental Tutorial
- Songbird (Christine McVie)
- White Wine in the Sun (Tim Minchin) – Tutorial
- White Wine in the Sun (Tim Minchin) – Play Along
November 5, 2022 – “Dia de los Muertos” Jam
Download the *FINAL UPDATE* of Day of the Dead Jam Songbook here:
Click below for tutorials / practice videos I made for some of the songs we played together:
- Be My Baby (Ronnie Spector)
- Being Alive (Stephen Sondheim)
- Coal Miner’s Daughter (Loretta Lynn)
- How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (Lamont Dozier of Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- Our Day Will Come: Tutorial – Practice – Play Along
- Perhaps Love (John Denver)
- Physical (Olivia Newton-John)
- The Pill (Loretta Lynn)
June 18, 2022 – Pride Jam Practice Videos!
To prepare for our PRIDE JAM, feel free to click below for practice videos / original recordings to help familiarize you with any tunes you don’t know:
- Androgynous – Play along with Miley Cyrus & Co
- Big Boned Gal – Tutorial
- Big Boned Gal – Play Along
- Bulldagger Swagger – Tutorial
- Bulldagger Swagger – Play Along
- Born This Way – Tutorial & Play Along
- Closer to Fine – Play along with the Indigo Girls
- I Am What I Am – Tutorial in F
- I Am What I Am – Tutorial in G
- I Am What I Am – Play Along (both keys!)
- The Ones Who Aren’t Here – Play along with Meg Christian
- Pride – Play along with Grace Petrie
- Prove it on Me Blues – Verse Tutorial
- Prove it on Me Blues – Chorus Tutorial
- Prove it on Me Blues – Play Along
- Rock Me – Tutorial
- Rock Me – Play Along
- Singing For Our Lives – Tutorial & Play Along
- The Story – Tutorial & Play Along
- This Little Light of Mine – Tutorial & Play Along
- Up Above My Head – Tutorial & Play Along